Fierce Healthcare December 22, 2017
There was no shortage of headlines in 2017 related to doctors and physician practices.
From a new physician payment system to the seemingly endless political battles in Washington over healthcare to mergers that may drive future changes in how care is delivered, 2017 was a year full of changes for doctors.
As the year comes to a close, FierceHealthcare looks back at some of the noteworthy stories that had an impact on physician practices this year and will continue to reverberate into 2018.
MACRA and MIPS
Perhaps the single biggest change for physician practices was implementation of a new Medicare payment system under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). It was called the “most complex...